I wasnt saying I wanted to run 35's, I was just saying I thought that was too high for 33's. I'm from NC, My last vehicle was a rockcrawler with 35's. That was just overkill for the trails around here with the exception of Tellico which gave me a little trouble. That being said, the 44 can handle 35's just fine, I'm a crossover from the jeep world where people run 44's with 36's and have that "drive it like you stole it" attitude. I personally ran 35's with and 8.8 on my last Jeep, which is a Ford rear end, but neck and neck with a 44 as far as spline count, size, ring and pinion, ect. I cant vouch for the front end strength however.